Pete Smith, a seasoned radio presenter who joined radio when it was community focused programming, and his dislike of the branding-heavy, corporate culture, and his son, James, navigating the corporate chaotic world of Contemporary Hit Radio.
A keen listener of British CHR radio, Thomas's love affair with radio came in the early 2000s, as a keen listener of Wolverhampton's Beacon FM. Now, 20 years later, still listening to radio as a preferred medium at Breakfast, Thomas, as a 30something, has started writing fiction set in the world of Manic Radio, a fictional radio station.